Shodan Monitor
Shodan Monitor tracks Internet-connected devices and sends real-time notifications when unexpected devices or events appear.
What Shodan Monitor is
Shodan Monitor tracks Internet-connected devices and sends real-time notifications when unexpected devices or events appear. Monitoring can start with one IP address or extend to activity across the Internet. Inputs include IP or network ranges, domains or hostnames, and search queries. Shodan continuously crawls monitored network ranges, while users can request immediate scans or use Shodan’s global infrastructure to check whether an issue is fixed. Coverage can help identify cloud data leaks, phishing websites, compromised databases, and other exposed assets. Alerts can go to email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, Gitter, PagerDuty, or webhooks. Features are available through the Shodan API and command-line interface, and programs can consume events through the Network Alerts streaming feed. DNS information for monitored domains and hostnames refreshes every three hours, but services without a Shodan DNS record may be missed. Membership costs $49, paid once for up to 16 IPs. Monthly plans include Freelancer at $69 a month, Small Business at $359 a month, and Corporate at $1,099 a month.
Good
- Continuous network-range crawling
- Immediate and on-demand scans
- Many notification destinations
- API, CLI, and event streaming
- Monitoring from one IP to Internet scale
Watch out
- No free plan
- Domain coverage depends on Shodan DNS data
- Monitoring limits depend on subscription
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
Who it suits
It suits individual IP owners, security teams, and internet service providers needing continuous external-asset monitoring. API, CLI, streaming events, and large monitoring limits support technical operations at different scales.
Verdict
Shodan Monitor offers continuous discovery, scans, alerts, and programmatic access for monitored networks. Review subscription limits and DNS-based domain coverage before selecting a plan.
Plans and prices
From Shodan Monitor's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Membership | $49, paid once | Monitor up to 16 IPs · one-time payment |
| Freelancer | $69 a month | Network monitoring and scan limits depend on subscription; plan pricing listed by Shodan · $69/ month |
| Small Business | $359 a month | Network monitoring and scan limits depend on subscription; plan pricing listed by Shodan · $359/ month |
| Corporate | $1,099 a month | Network monitoring for 327,680 IPs; scan up to 327,680 IPs per month · $1099/ month |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Enterprise customers can monitor the entire Internet · Contact [email protected] for pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Shodan Monitor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and CLI
- The website’s features are also available through the Shodan API and command-line interface.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Continuous scans
- Shodan automatically and continuously crawls monitored network ranges, and users can request an immediate scan.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Shodan Monitor can help find devices across the Internet, including cloud data leaks, phishing websites, and compromised databases.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data integration
- Shodan documents a Gravwell integration for storing Shodan Monitor events in a data lake.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Domain coverage limit
- Domain monitoring relies on Shodan DNS data, and services without a DNS record may not be covered.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Domain refresh
- Shodan refreshes DNS information for monitored hostnames and domains every three hours.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Shodan describes monitoring uses for both individual IP owners and ISPs with millions of customers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Monitoring modes
- Shodan Monitor supports IP or network ranges, domains or hostnames, and search queries as monitoring inputs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Monitoring scale
- The service supports monitoring from an individual IP up to events across the Internet.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- The listed notification options include email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, Gitter, PagerDuty, and webhooks.checked 9 Oct 2026
- On-demand scanning
- Users can scan networks with Shodan’s global infrastructure to confirm whether an issue has been fixed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Shodan Monitor tracks Internet-connected devices in a network and sends real-time notifications when something unexpected appears.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Raw event access
- Programs can access events for specified monitored networks through Shodan’s Network Alerts streaming feed.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Plan limits
- The number of IPs or networks that can be monitored depends on the API subscription; one alert credit permits monitoring one IP address.checked 9 Oct 2026
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